The Bulletin Board keeps you abreast of the latest news
around the NHL Monday-Friday.

- On Saturday Montreal fired coach Jacques Martin after a 12-13-3
start. Randy Cunneyworth has taken over
on an interim basis. Since Buffalo hired
Lindy Ruff in July 1997 there have been 169
coaching changes in the league and Ruff is still going strong. There have been 12 coaching changes made since the
end of last season.

- Los Angeles hired Darryl
Sutter to take over for interim coach John Stevens. The team fired Terry Murray last week.

- After losing to Nashville on Saturday the Blues scored four
goals in the third period to upend Columbus 6-4 yesterday.

- The Devils whipped the Stars on Scott
Niedermayer night on Friday 6-3. New
Jersey recorded its seventh shorthanded goal of the season. The team had just three
last year. Zach Parise had a
four-point night for the Devils.

- Jason Spezza had a four-point night to help Ottawa top
Pittsburgh 6-4 on Friday. The Senators
scored five goals during a wild second period that featured eight tallies
combined.

- Evgeni Malkin helped the Penguins bounce back with a hat
trick and two assists as Pittsburgh defeated Buffalo 8-3 on Saturday. Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his 200th career victory for the Penguins.

- Tim Thomas made 31 saves to blank Philadelphia on Saturday
as the Bruins halted the Flyers’ win streak at seven games. Zdeno Chara had a
Gordie Howe hat trick for Boston.

- Teemu Selannereturned
to Winnipeg as Anaheim visited the Jets on Saturday and the fans of Selanne’s
first NHL home gave him a tremendous ovation.
Unfortunately for Selanne, Winnipeg added to the Ducks’ woes with a 5-3
victory.

- Coaching changes seem to have made no difference for Los
Angeles as Detroit trounced the Kings 8-2 on Saturday.

- Vinny Prospal played in his 1,000th career game on Saturday and recorded two assists, but Columbus fell to Tampa Bay 3-2.

- On Saturday Phoenix finally dealt Kyle
Turris to Ottawa for the impressive return of defenseman David Rundblad and
a second-round pick.

- Pittsburgh placed Sidney Crosby on
injured reserve and the superstar is “out indefinitely.” Placing Crosby on IR has little bearing on
when he’ll return, but it sounds like this could be another long-term absence.

- Philadelphia rookie Sean Couturier may be the latest Flyer
to join Chris Pronger and Claude Giroux on the shelf with a concussion after taking
a puck to the head on Saturday. So
far there’s been no official diagnosis of Couturier’s injury, but concussion is
the logical guess.

- The Sharks’ trade of Dany Heatley for Martin Havlat was
baffling based on talent, but when you consider the fact that Havlat is among
the most injury-prone players in the league, the trade is even more
mind-boggling. Havlat somehow managed to
injure himself on
a line change this weekend.